Metabolomics.
How your cells are running right now.
Metabolomics measures the small molecules your body makes as it turns food into energy, uses vitamins, and makes brain chemicals. It shows how your metabolism is working at the level of the cell.
A free, 15-minute call with Dr. Tagge.
A standard blood test shows what is circulating. Metabolomics shows what your cells are doing with it.
What it measures
Six windows into your metabolism.
Energy production
How well your mitochondria turn food into usable energy.
Nutrient needs
Signs that a B vitamin or other nutrient is running short inside your cells.
Brain chemistry
Breakdown products of serotonin, dopamine and related chemicals.
Oxidative stress
How much wear your cells are under, and how well you handle it.
Gut-derived markers
Hints of bacterial or yeast imbalance, made in the gut and measured in urine.
Amino acids
The building blocks of protein, and how you are using them.
I read these as patterns, not marker by marker. One marker is a clue. Three are a story.
Is it right for you
Who it tends to help.
- Fatigue or low energy when standard labs look normal
- Brain fog, low mood or anxiety
- A metabolism that feels stuck, or blood sugar concerns
- Suspected nutrient shortfalls despite a reasonable diet
- High physical or mental demand, and recovery after illness
- Wanting a supplement plan built from data, not a generic stack
Probably not for you if
- You want a diagnosis of a specific disease. This test describes function.
- The result would not change what we do.
- You are not ready yet to act on what it shows.
How it works
From a conversation to your plan.
A free call
We talk about where you are, what you want, and whether testing makes sense.
Your Assessment
Metabolomics is one option inside the Precision Health Assessment, never a package.
Collect at home
A first-morning urine sample. In the Charlotte metro I can pick it up at a home visit.
Your plan
I read it with your other labs and history, and it shapes your Precision Health Plan.
- Lab
- Genova Diagnostics, Metabolomix+
- Sample
- First-morning urine, collected at home
- Results
- About 14 days after the lab receives it
- Cost
- At cost, no markup. You see it before you decide.
Questions
Regular blood work mostly shows what is circulating in your blood. Metabolomics shows how your cells are using it, which can show early shifts that standard labs miss.
Start with a conversation.
We talk about where you are and what you want. If metabolomics would change your plan, I'll tell you. If it wouldn't, I'll tell you that too.
A free, 15-minute call with Dr. Tagge.